1995–96 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

1995–96 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Teams	33
Sponsor	Allied Irish Bank
Champions	Laune Rangers (1st title); Gerard Murphy (captain); John Evans (manager)
Runners-up	Éire Óg; Joe Hayden (captain); Bobby Miller (manager)
← 1994–95 (Previous)	(Next) 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71.

Kilmacud Crokes were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten in the Dublin County Championship.^[1]

On 17 March 1996, Laune Rangers won the championship following a 4-05 to 0-11 defeat of Éire Óg in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.^[2] It was their first ever championship title.

Results

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

First round

22 October 1995 First round	Rathgormack	1-08 - 1-13	Moyle Rovers	Walsh Park
	M Power 0-4, S Power 1-0, J Murray 0-2, R Power 0-1, B Murray 0-1.		Donal Foley 1-3, J Williams 0-4, J Owens 0-4, P Boland 0-1, J Dunne 0-1.

22 October 1995 First round	Bantry Blues	1-10 - 2-08	Laune Rangers	Wolfe Tone Park
	K Harrington 1-4, S McCarthy 0-3, P O'Regan 0-1, D O'Neill 0-1, S Dineen 0-1.		G Murphy 2-4, P Griffin 0-2, J Shannon 0-1, T Fleming 0-1.

Semi-finals

5 November 1995 Semi-final	Laune Rangers	0-15 - 1-04	Claughaun	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	P Griffin 0-4, L Hassett 0-4, G Murphy 0-3, P McKenna 0-2, T Fleming 0-1, B O'Shea 0-1.		B Ryan 1-0, P Galligan 0-1, D Fitzgerald 0-1, L O'Connor 0-1, M Galligan 0-1.

5 November 1995 Semi-final	Moyle Rovers	1-09 - 0-08	Doonbeg	Ardfinnan Sportsfield
	Donal Foley 1-2, Derry Foley 0-4, J Dunne 0-1, J Owens 0-1, P Boland 0-1.		F McInerney 0-5, B Griffin 0-1, K Nugent 0-1, B Lynch 0-1.

Final

19 November 1995 Final	Laune Rangers	3-19 - 2-04	Moyle Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	G Murphy 1-3, L Hassett 1-2, S O'Sullivan 1-1, T Fleming 0-4, P Griffin 0-3, J Shannon 0-2, C Kearney 0-2, B O'Shea 0-1, M Hassett 0-1.		Donal Foley 1-1, Derry Foley 1-0, J Owens 0-2, R Boland 0-1.

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final

10 December 1995 Quarter-final	Mullaghbawn	0-11 - 0-05	Tara	Parnell Park
	D Crawley 0-3, F McDonnell 0-3, C McParland 0-2, R Smith 0-2, P McGeeney 0-1.		P Rafter 0-2, C Quinn 0-1, S Lynch 0-1, D Carroll 0-1.	Referee: M Cutley (Galway)

Semi-finals

18 February 1996 Semi-final	Éire Óg	0-12 - 0-06	Mullaghbawn	Páirc Tailteann
	A Keating 0-4, P McCarthy 0-2, C Hayden 0-2, J Hayden 0-2, G Ware 0-1, W Quinlan 0-1.		F McDonnell 0-4, D Crawley 0-1, P McNulty 0-1.

18 February 1996 Semi-final	Laune Rangers	0-08 - 0-06	Corofin	Cusack Park
	B O'Shea 0-2, M Hassett 0-2, T Fleming 0-2, C Kearney 0-1, J Shannon 0-1.		M Donnellan 0-3, E Steede 0-1, S Conlisk 0-1, T Burke 0-1.

Final

17 March 1996 Final	Laune Rangers	4-05 - 0-11	Éire Óg	Croke Park
	G Murphy 1-2, B O'Sullivan 1-0, B O'Shea 1-0, T Byrnes 1-0 (pen), T Fleming 0-3.		C Hayden 0-3, A Keating 0-3, J Hayden 0-2, P McCarthy 0-1, J Morrissey 0-1, G Ware 0-1.	Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Mullaghbawn won the Ulster Club Championship for the first time in their history.
Laune Ranges won the Munster Club Championship for the first time in their history.

References

^ "Model club still intent on making history". Irish Times. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "20 years on - Mike Frank Russell looks back on the most memorable day in his career". The 42. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[1] "Model club still intent on making history". Irish Times. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[2] "20 years on - Mike Frank Russell looks back on the most memorable day in his career". The 42. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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